2023 Women's Water Polo Roster
Jovana Sekulic
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- The Episcopal Academy (Pa.)
- Hometown:
- Belgrade, Serbia
Awards:
ACWPC Second-Team All-America (2023)
ACWPC Third-Team All-America (2022)
NCAA All-Tournament First-Team (2023)
CWPA Player of the Year (2023)
CWPA Rookie of the Year (2022)
CWPA First-Team All-Conference (2022, 2023)
CWPA Tournament Most Valuable Player (2023)
CWPA Tournament Rookie of the Tournament (2022)
CWPA All-Tournament First Team (2022, 2023)
CWPA Player of the Week (Mar. 14, 2022, Feb. 27, 2023, Mar. 20, 2023, May 15, 2023)
CWPA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 24, 2022, Feb. 28, 2022, Apr. 25, 2022)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022)
2024: Did not play because she was a member of the U.S. National Team that finished fourth at the Olympics.
2023: Played in 28 games … Led the team with 76 goals and 93 drawn ejections this season, producing 14 hat tricks and 24 contests with at least two drawn ejections …Scored four goals and drew five ejections vs. No. 15 UC San Diego (Jan. 28) … Hat trick and drew three ejections vs. No. 22 LIU (Jan. 28) … Went through a stretch of 18 consecutive games with at least two goals (Jan. 29-Apr. 2) … Drew eight ejections vs. No. 19 Brown (Feb. 26) … Added four goals and six drawn ejections at No. 7 Long Beach State (Mar. 14) … Scored six times at No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 15) … Hat trick along with three steals and five drawn ejections in the CWPA Championship Game vs. No. 18 Harvard (Apr. 30) … Scored vs. No. 3 Cal (May 15) and No. 2 USC (May 13) in the NCAA Tournament.
2022: Played in 27 games for the Tigers, with 24 starts...Scored 74 goals, swiped 31 steals and drew 70 ejections...Had six goals in her first collegiate game vs. California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Tallied 21 multi-goal games...recorded three steals at Mount St. Mary's (Feb. 26)...drew nine ejections at San Diego State (Mar. 6)... Recorded 18 games with two or more ejections.
Before Princeton:
Episcopal Academy: First Team All-Eastern and Eastern MVP twice … Named Main Line Times Athlete of the Week two times … Member of the women's youth national team … Squad won the Eastern title three times … Lettered in swimming and Track as well.
Personal: Daughter of Sladana and Goran Sekulic … Has two brothers, Matej and Luka … Brother, Matej, plays on the Princeton Men's Water Polo team.
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2022 | 27 | 74 | 131 | 9 | 31 | 0-0 | 70 | 1 |
| 2023 | 28 | 76 | 118 | 12 | 25 | 0-0 | 93 | 7 |
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Career | 55 | 150 | 249 | 21 | 56 | 0-0 | 163 | 8 |
Career Highs:
| Goals | 6, 2x - MR - at No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (3/15/23) |
| Assists | 2, 2x - MR - vs. Siena (2/26/23) |
| Steals | 3, 2x - MR - vs. No. 18 Harvard (4/30/23) |
| Ejections Drawn | 9, at No. 21 San Diego State (3/6/22) |
| Blocks | 3, vs. No. 18 Harvard (4/30/23) |
